Question

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Expression<Func<string[], Poco>> exp = a => new Poco { MyProperty1 = a[0], MyProperty2 = a[1], MyProperty3 = a[2] };
        var lambda = exp.Compile();

        var output = lambda(new[] {"one", "two", "three"});

        Console.WriteLine(output.MyProperty1);
    }
}

class Poco
{
    public string MyProperty1 { get; set; }
    public string MyProperty2 { get; set; }
    public string MyProperty3 { get; set; }
}

I’m not interested in the part calling the lambda, thats just for completeness. I get completely lost trying to navigate expression trees, and this might teach me how to fish.

Answer 1

private static Expression<Func<string[], Poco>> CreateExpr()
{
    ParameterExpression paramExpr = Expression.Parameter(typeof(string[]), "a");
    var newExpr = Expression.New(typeof(Poco));

    var memberExprs = Enumerable.Range(0, 3)
        .Select(i =>
        {
            string propertyName = "MyProperty" + (i + 1);
            var property = typeof(Poco).GetProperty(propertyName);
            Expression.Bind(property, Expression.ArrayIndex(paramExpr, Expression.Constant(i)));
        });

    var expr = Expression.MemberInit(newExpr, memberExprs);
    return Expression.Lambda<Func<string[], Poco>>(expr, paramExpr);
}